Winnie-the-Pooh and Other Works Entering the Public Domain in 2022

New Year's Day is sometimes called Public Domain Day. We librarians make special note of it because certain works lose copyright protection and thus become easier to share with patrons. Starting this year, many famous works of literature are now in the public domain, including A.A. Milne's classic work of children's literature Winnie-the-Pooh.

What else is now in the public domain? Book Riot lists many famous works, including The Sun Also Rises by Earnest Hemingway, My Mortal Enemy by Willa Cather, and The Seven Pillars of Wisdom by Lawrence of Arabia.

Duke University's Center for the Study of the Public Domain mentions these books and also sound recordings, including classic jazz recordings, as well as movies, such as Moana (the 1926 Samoan documentary) and Rudolph Valentino's The Son of the Sheik.

Take a look and see what you'd like to add to your personal collections.

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Ok.... the creation of an arisan enters the public domaine 70 jears after the artisan's death in the uUJ..... (according to the first link) and in the US a creation becomes part oc public domaine 96 jears after it's creation...That is different countries have different public domaines....What are the supposed consequences if someone accesses a book still protected in his county via the internet in another land's public domaine?